59th Indiana Infantry Regiment

History

• The 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862.
• The 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862.
• The 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862.
• The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
• The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
• The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863.
• The 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863.
• The 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865.
• The 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

  Service

1862

• Siege operations against New Madrid, Missouri, March 3–14, 1862.
• Siege and capture in the Battle of Island Number Ten, on the Mississippi River, March 15-April 8, 1862.
• Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17, 1862.
• Moved to Hazaburg Landing, Tennessee, April 18–22, 1862.
• Advance on and Siege of Corinth at Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30, 1862.
• Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12, 1862.
• Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 18, 1862.
• March to Iuka, Mississippi, September 18–20, 1862.
• Battle of Corinth October 3–4, 1862.
• Pursuit to Ripley October 5–12, 1862.
• Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
• Operations on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
• Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8–9, 1862.

  1863

• Duty at Memphis, Tennessee, January 12 to February 24, 1863.
• Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8, 1863.
• Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5, 1863.
• Moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 13, 1863.
• Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-April 30, 1863.
• Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863.
• Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3, 1863.
• Battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863.
• Battle of Jackson on May 14, 1863.
• Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863.
• Battle of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22, 1863. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there till September 13, 1863.
• Movement to Memphis, Tennessee, thence march to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 13-November 20, 1863.
• Operations on Memphis and Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20–29, 1863.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27, 1863.
• Tunnel Hill November 23–25, 1863.
• Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
• Pursuit to Graysville November 26-November 27, 1863.
• Duty at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Alabama, December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864.

  1864

• Re-enlisted January 1, 1864.
• Guard Bridge at Etowah River July 13-August 26, 1864.
• Ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 26, 1864.
• Pursuit of Wheeler August 27–31, 1864.
• Duty at Chattanooga till September 21, and at Etowah River till November 12, 1864.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10, 1864.
• Siege of Savannah on December 10–21, 1864.

  1865

• Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
• Salkehatchie Swamp, South Carolina., February 2-February 5, 1865.
• South Edisto River February 9, 1865.
• North Edisto River February 12–13, 1865.
• Columbia, South Carolina on February 16–17, 1865.
• Battle of Bentonville, Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.
• Occupation of Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina, March 24, 1865.
• Advance on Raleigh, North Carolina from April 10–14, 1865.
• Occupation of Raleigh April 14, 1865.
• Bennett's House on April 26, 1865.
• Surrender of General Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19, 1865.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

  Casualties